----- Original Message ----- From: RM_Distribution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of RM_Distribution - Sent by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 7:05 PM Subject: (From message) SF News 20 April 2000 > IRISH NEWS ROUND-UP > http://irlnet.com/rmlist/ > > Tuesday-Thursday, 18-20 April, 2000 > > > 1. MIXED EMOTIONS AT ANGLO-IRISH TALKS > 2. Corrupt councillors named > 3. Combat 18 in sectarian attacks > 4. Helicopter attack on house > 5. Picket for dismissal of killer soldiers > 6. Mandelson snubs Washington Committee > 7. IMF ignores police brutality > 8. Death of Alfie Hannaway > 9. Analysis: Unionism's schism > 10. Easter events > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> MIXED EMOTIONS AT ANGLO-IRISH TALKS > > > Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has expressed confidence over achieving a > breakthrough in the stalled Irish peace process following the Easter > holiday but he said it was "not going to be easy". > > After two hours of talks in Downing Street with British Prime Minister > Tony Blair, Mr Ahern said that they had made "some progress" in their > discussions, although he acknowledged there had been "no fundamental > breakthrough". > > He told reporters : "It does give me confidence, on the other side of > Easter, we can make progress. It is not going to be easy. We don't > have a simple resolution." > > The British and Irish Governments were agreed on the way forward but > they needed to win the support of the North's political parties, he > added. > > Earlier, Mr Blair had stressed that there were still "tremendous > opportunities" but he also expressed his "sense of frustration" at the > lack of progress. > > His comments came amid speculation that Peter Mandelson is to be moved > from his position as Secretary of State after a disastrous time at the > helm of British rule in Ireland. A report today indicated that Mr > Mandelson could be moved to the position of Cabinet Office Minister in > a July reshuffle unless progress is made in reviving the Good > Friday Agreement, now just over two years old. > > Mr Blair said that he and Mr Ahern were working "flat out" to break > the current deadlock. > > "I believe it can be done. It will need patience and it will need > courage," he said. > > "When people say that the Good Friday Agreement is over, they have got > it badly wrong. No-one from the very beginning of this process has put > forward a realistic alternative. The agreement remains the only show > in town." > > In its annual Easter message published today, the leadership of the > IRA repeated its commitment to the search for a durable peace but > criticised Britain for its unilateral decision to collapse new > Six-County and all-Ireland political institutions, which it said > demonstrated "a lack of political will to bring about meaningful > change". > > Meanwhile, Sinn Fein continues to seek certainty from the British > government that if the political institutions are re-established they > won't be collapsed again when the unionist veto is used. The party is > also seeking clarity from the unionists that they intend to fulfil > their obligations under the Good Friday Agreement. > > Any discussions which Sinn Fein have had in recent weeks with the two > governments are about working out how to implement the Agreement > without further unionist preconditions. > > Following a mmeting on Tuesday with the British Prime Minister Tony > Blair Hillsborough meeting, Sinn Fein Ard Chomhairle member and Sligo > County Councillor Sean MacManus said that the British government had > caved in to the resistance to change of the Ulster Unionist Party. > > "The onus is on the British government to end the crisis which it has > created," he said. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> Corrupt councillors named > > > A total of IR#112,000 was paid to 15 members of Dublin county council > during the 1991 local election campaign by a political lobbyist it was > revealed at a tribunal into planning irregularities in Dublin > yesterday. > > One elected TD, Liam Lawlor, has admitted receiving payments which he > described as being for "legitimate electoral purposes". The Fianna > Fail TD will face intense pressure to resign his Dail seat over the > scandal. > > The Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and the leader of the opposition > John Bruton have announced internal party investigations > into the members of their parties who accepted the bribes. > > The Flood tribunal, one of the biggest corruption investigations in > Irish history, heard that the money was given in return for assistance > on the rezoning of the controversial Quarryvale site in west Dublin - > where the Liffey Valley shopping centre was subsequently built. > > Included in the cash donations was the payment of a total of IR#48,500 > to a person described by Mr Dunlop as "a powerful individual". > > The dramatic revelations were disclosed yesterday by the PR consultant > and former government press secretary, Frank Dunlop, who indicated > that the money was reimbursed to him through a company run by the > Cork-based property developer, Owen O'Callaghan. > > He claimed a number of the councillors who received money were also > members of the Irish Parliament. However, Mr Dunlop denied ever paying > or being asked to pay money to employees of the local authority. > > In a dramatic u-turn to his evidence to the planning inquiry on > Tuesday, Mr Dunlop gave detailed information about expenditure from a > secret bank account which he held at a branch of the Allied Irish > Banks (AIB). > > The previous day, Mr Dunlop said he could not explain how almost > #240,000 was paid out of the account during the summer of 1991 and in > November 1992. > > But during his third day in the witness box, Mr Dunlop recalled the > precise details of financial transactions related to the account. When > he took the stand yesterday, he wrote down two lists. > > One list contained the names of those who had given him money for the > AIB account. The other list detailed the identity of the recipients of > 16 payments. Mr Dunlop said the money was paid out after funds had > been solicited by elected members for the 1991 local election. > > Originally he denied any coincidence between the payments and a vote > on Quarryvale at a meeting of Dublin council in May 1991. "It would be > disingenuous to suggest people who had voted for Quarryvale in the > rezoning motion of 16th May of that year were people who were > soliciting money for election campaigns," Mr Dunlop said. > > However, he later admitted that the money was paid out for a number of > reasons including support for Quarryvale. > > Mr Dunlop said the account was for the "concealment of monies" that > were give to him "in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes". > > He then outlined the details of 16 payments to members of Dublin > council ranging in size from IR#500 to IR#40,000. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>>>>> Combat 18 in sectarian attacks > > > Thgugs affiliated to the racist group Combat 18 are responsible for a > wave of unprovoked attacks on Catholics in the predominately > Protestant town of Rathfriland, Co Down, says Sinn Fein South Down > representative Mick Murphy. > > Now local nationalists fear that the neo-nazi group is planning to > step up its campaign as the marching season approaches. The > organisation has existed in the area for over three years. A gang of > at least ten Combat 18 members is reported to have set up illegal road > blocks during the Drumcree standoff last year. Since then, thugs > wearing Combat 18 uniforms have maintained a high profile in the area. > > On Sunday, two nationalist youths were set upon by a gang of > Combat 18 members. One was hit over the head with a chain. As they ran > from the gang, they were confronted by two car loads of loyalists and > a fight occurred. > > The two nationalist youths were arrested and subsequently charged with > two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent. > > DUP Assembly member for south Down Jim Wells described the incident as > "clearly a sectarian attack by nationalists," but Sinn Fein's Mick > Murphy dismissed Wells' claims, saying that Combat 18 members have > been patrolling the streets of Rathfriland intimidating and singling > out Catholics for attack. > > "People are talking about an orchestrated campaign against > Protestants, but these loyalists and certain unionist figures are the > ones responsible for heightening tensions in Rathfriland", said > Murphy. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> Helicopter attack on house > > > Sinn Fein is accusing the British Army of a cover up following a > helicopter incident in Derry. > > Two workmen escaped death when a ball of hard clay was thrown from a > British Army helicopter. Eyewitnesses say the object was seen being > thrown from a British Army helicopter that had been hovering above a > house at Ballymagroarty in Derry. > > Daniel Moran said that he and a workmate had been carrying out > insulation work in the attic. > > "We heard a helicopter directly above the house and the next thing > there was a big bang. The thing flew past us as we dived to the floor. > It just came right through the roof. We thought it was a bomb. > > "I was kneeling down fixing the pipes and was just two feet away when > it crashed into the attic. I could have been killed. I'm shocked." > > Mary Nelis, Sinn Fein Assembly member for Foyle, has demanded to know > why flights were still taking place over residential and built-up > areas despite the inherent dangers of such practices, only recently > highlighted by helicopters coming down in South Armagh and near > Toomebridge last week. > > "It is stretching credulity to accept that this incident was merely a > coincidence when one considers that this was the only roof space in > Ballymagroarty which was being worked on just as a British Army > helicopter was flying overhead," said Nelis. "The British government > must account for the actions of its armed forces and I have written to > British Minister Adam Ingram demanding immediate answers." > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> Picket for dismissal of killer soldiers > > > Protestors have picketed the British Ministry of Defence to demand > that the killers of Peter McBride be dismissed from the army. > > Scots Guards Mark Wright and James Fisher shot Mr McBride in the back > moments after he had been searched by members of their patrol on > September 4, 1992 in the New Lodge Road area of North Belfast. > > The family of Mr McBride delivered a letter to the British Prime > Minister over a week ago calling on the government to dismiss the two > convicted murderers. > > Leaflets outlining the McBride case were handed out to passers-by and > civil servants on Downing Street. > > Mr McBride's father, also named Peter, said: "It is deeply hurtful and > insulting that we should have to plead for justice for our son and > family." > > Paul O'Connor from the Pat Finucane Centre said: > > "A legal decision has been made and it is now very much our view that > the government has a political and moral responsibility towards the > family and towards the wider community.". > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> Mandelson snubs Washington Committee > > > British Direct Ruler in the Six Counties Peter Mandelson has backed > out of an invitation to address the US House Committee on > International Relations. > > When he met committee members on 16 March, Mandelson indicated that he > would accept the invitation. However on 29 March, in a letter to > Committee Chairperson Ben Gilman, Mandelson claimed that "it would not > be appropriate for me as a member of the British government to give > testimony to a formal meeting of your committee. I should be happy to > send, via our embassy, a written briefing note on areas of interest to > the committee." > > Gilman has expressed disappointment at the decision. There is enormous > interest in the Congress on events in Ireland and all of the members > were looking forward to the proposed committee session, he said. > > In a letter to Mandelson, Gilman wrote: "Since your decision to > suspend the power-sharing institutions, things have gone from bad to > worse in the search for a lasting peace and justice, along with timely > and much needed policing reform. We had hoped to discuss these and > other important issues with you in depth at the proposed audio/video > conference before the Committee. > > "I note the British Embassy's erroneous press statements that it would > be quite odd for any member of a foreign government to give evidence. > > "My letter of invitation noted that if you preferred, for protocol > purposes, we would treat your appearance as a briefing rather than a > formal hearing. That was how we handled Chairman Chris Patten's most > recent visit before our Committee on his proposed RUC policing reforms > for Northern Ireland just last year. > > "Many government have sent representatives before our Committee to > testify. For example, among others in recent years, we have had the > Ambassador of Argentina to testify, the head of the Guatemalan > government delegation to the peace negotiations, the Vice Minister of > the Presidency of El Salvador, and the senior Economic Advisor to the > Russian government, who testified he came "as an official of the > government of Russia" when he was before our committee. > > "All of these foreign government officials have appeared before our > Committee in the past. I note that just in the last few weeks the > Ambassador from Columbia has appeared on both the House and Senate > side of the Capitol to give testimony to many Congressional committees > on the peace process, the drug situation, and proposed counter > narcotics aid to Columbia. > > "The search for a lasting perace and justice in the north of Ireland > is one that requires trust and confidence-building on all sides. I > trust that you will reconsider your decision and come before our > Committee." > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> IMF ignores police brutality > > > > Some 10,000 who had gathered in Washington last week to protest at > the policies of the IMF and World Bank found the world's global > financial institutions unmoved by their protests and at the same time > were confronted with a police force who attacked protesters > without provocation, firing rubber bullets, battening peaceful > protesters while spraying them with pepper gas. In fact, over 600 > protesters were arrested before the weekend's day of action had > actually begun. > > April 16 was the day of action for the Mobilisation for Global Justice > campaign. On Saturday, 15 April, Washington police arrived at the > group's headquarters, called the Convergence Centre, and closed the > building, claiming it was overcrowded and that fire regulations were > being breached. This was the day they arrested 600 people. > > On the Sunday, protesters attempted to block the streets leading to > buildings where the IMF and World Bank meetings were being held. The > reaction of the Washington police was to forcibly remove and push back > protesters, using the most brutal methods possible. > > Tear gas and pepper sprays were used, rubber bullets were fired and > then waves of baton wielding police moved in on the protesters, > beating them indiscriminately. > > An example of the nature of the police action is found in the > experience of Leon Galindo, who describes himself as "a consultant to > the World Bank and a citizen of a developing state". Galindo was on 15 > April, he says, "illegally arrested and imprisoned for 23 hours, > together with hundreds of peaceful protesters and at least a dozen > innocent bystanders of which I was one. > > "As a consultant to the World Bank, a citizen of a developing country, > and a person who has committed his life to the work of development, I > was appalled by the conduct of the police and by the way the system > works. As a consequence, I am now more sympathetic with the demands of > the protesters and just a tad more cynical about the establishment. > > "I was arrested with no explanation, no prior warning, and for no > legitimate reason. I was standing close to the protesters because I > disagreed with much of what I had heard them say in the media prior to > coming to Washington DC. I wanted to hear in person what they had to > say in order to decide for myself whether their arguments were > reasonable or not and to summarise conclusions in a note for the World > Bank's daily internal newsletter. I was not the only one; Magali > Laguerre, a Haitian colleague at the World Bank, had the same purpose > and was also arrested. So were several tourists and locals who were > literally just passing by. > > "I had been there for less than five minutes when the police closed > both sides of the street and did not allow anyone to pass, even though > nothing except a peaceful march was taking place. No warning was > given. No explanation was made. When I asked to pass or for an > explanation on what was happening, no response was given. > > "I was roughly handcuffed for over 17 hours (my arms and shoulders are > still sore), repeatedly lied to, and denied an explanation of any kind > or to a telephone." > > Another on the spot report of the police brutality was given by two > Undercurrents journalists. "Fresh from capturing exclusive footage of > Gordon Brown being turned away from the World bank meeting by > protesters, we made our way to the events this morning," they > recorded. > > "We stumbled onto a scene which resembled a war zone. The aftermath of > a small group of activists having being gassed, batoned, and shot at > by rubber bullets. Blood covered the streets and sidewalk, gas masked > police stood by menacingly with large sticks, causing a very heavy > atmosphere. We interviewed bloodied women with eyes streaming from > being gassed by chemicals. Blood pouring from their faces, reporters > were also singled out for gas treatment and we escaped as police > started picking off fellow journalists for arrest." > > While mayhem and bloodshed was happening on Washington's streets the > bureaucrats and politicians of the IMF were congratulating themselves > on actually getting to their meetings early. > > Inside the IMF/World Bank, the focus was not on reform of the IMF or > solving the debt repayment crisis. Instead, the focus was on calming > the crisis in international financial markets. This week, the market > share price spiral has ended and relative calm has returned to the > markets. The IMF and World Bank are probably congratulating themselves > on another short term fix. > > They must, though, recognise that on the streets of Washington and in > the economies of heavily indebted states the costs of their inaction > is growing. > > More information about the events at Washington can be found at > indymedia.org and undercurrents.org. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> Death of Alfie Hannaway > > > > Alfie Hannaway, who died on Wednesday 5 April, will be sadly missed by > republicans throughout Ireland and through generations, as he has been > active in the struggle since the 1930s. Alfie, who had been ill for > some time, passed away in Belfast's City Hospital, aged 77. > > Born in 1922 in Inkerman Street off Belfast's Falls Road, Alfie was > raised in a staunch republican family and he remained a devoted > republican up until the time of his death. He was also known for his > love of the Irish language. > > As a teenager in 1936, he joined the Con Colbert Slua of Na Fianna > Eireann, which was located in the Clonard Area of West Belfast. > Showing great commitment and dedication, he went on to become OC of > the Slua. It was Alfie who recruited Tom Williams, his great friend > and neighbour, into the Slua as a young Fianna Volunteer. > > Later, Alfie joined "C" Company, Oglaigh na hEireann, still located in > the Clonard area, and although he achieved a certain superiority in > the Army, he still stayed within the ranks of the Fianna. > > Alfie was targeted and marked for arrest by the RUC and in the round > up of republicans in 1940 he was interned in Derry Gaol. He was later > moved to the prison ship "Al Rawdah", anchored in Strangford Lough, > before being moved to Belfast Gaol, where he was held until after the > end of the Second World War in 1945. > > Remaining committed to his republican ideals, Alfie joined the > National Graves Association in Belfast and was a member for 40 years. > He was its Honorary Secretary when he died. > > Under Alfie, one of the major projects undertaken by the Association > was the campaign to have the remains of Volunteer Tom Williams > reinterred in Milltown Cemetery. He took a very prominent part in the > campaign and as secretary, signed the affidavit asking for the release > of Tom Williams. > > In fact, one of Alfie's last public appearances was to go into Crumlin > Road Jail, in December 1998, with a delegation from the Belfast > National Graves Association. They visited Tom Williams' prison grave, > where Alfie movingly recited a decade of the rosary. > > It was one of his lifetime ambitions to see Tom Williams get a > Christian burial in Milltown Cemetery. Unfortunately, Alfie's > deteriorating health prevented him being present at the Williams' > funeral. It is poignant that just months after the reburial of his > comrade Tom, Alfie should pass away. > > Deepest sympathy is extended to his loving wife Susan, his sons and > daughters and his large family circle. I measc laochra na nGael a > bhfuil se. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >>>>>> Analysis: Unionism's schism > > BY FERN LANE > > The precise reasons behind David Trimble's announcement last weekend > that he wishes his party to sever its links with the Orange Order may > not become clear for some time. It could represent an effort to shore > up his own seemingly precarious position in the event of another > challenge to his leadership. It may stem from a desire to wreak > revenge on the Order after last month's UUC meeting. It may even > reflect a genuine desire to modernise the Ulster Unionist Party and > rid it of its self-defeating 'no guns, no government' stance. Perhaps > it's a combination of all of these, but one thing at least is > perfectly obvious; the splits in unionism are becoming ever wider. > > Clearly the power the Order has to impose its extremist agenda on the > Ulster Unionist Council, where it has 120 of the 860 votes, has > progressively become a source of profound irritation to Trimble and, > it has to be said, a serious danger to his political standing. He was > humiliated at the UUC meeting last month when Orange Order delegates > joined with the ultra right-wing Young Unionists group, which has 34 > votes, to help Martin Smyth to 43 per cent of the vote against > Trimble's 57 per cent in the contest for the party leadership. > > Despite his stated desire to establish a new relationship with the > cooperation of the Order, Trimble's apparent frustration with the > political muscle it enjoys in the current system surfaced when he > cited the example of Denis Watson, who as the Order's Grand Secretary > is entitled to nominate delegates to UUC meetings, notwithstanding his > being a member of the DUP, saying: "We can't have that. It is a clear > example of the need for change. One party can't be allowed to appoint > delegates to another." > > The decision has caused a predictable backlash from anti-Agreement > party members, many of whom are members of the Order, with early > rumblings of the threat of court action and serious fall-outs over > property necessitating some hasty reassurances from the UUP leader. > Denis Watson, for his part, made the rather acute observation that in > breaking the link with the Order, Trimble would be "killing off the > goose that laid the golden egg". > > There has, of course, been talk of reform for a number of years > without any action; certainly Trimble spoke of the need to examine the > relationship between his party and the Order very soon after his own > election as leader. This time, he has outlined a plan which would > bring the proposed changes before the UUP Rules Revision Committee in > June. The matter will then be brought to the UUC in the autumn and > ultimately come before the annual conference next year. Curiously, > however, the matter of Trimble's own individual status as Orangeman > and whether this will continue has not been discussed. If he decides > to continue his membership, it would suggest that he is personally > wedded to the ideology of Orangeism but that the Order is getting in > his way politically and needs to be dumped. > > The announcement, as well as emphasising the present and potential > splits within unionism, has also illustrated the splits in Jeffrey > Donaldson's own personality. Donaldson is on record as stating his > belief in the need for the UUP to cut its links with the Order. Now > that he has decided to come out as an anti-Agreement hardliner and > ambitious prospective leader of his party, however, he has undergone a > dramatic change of heart, opposing any severing of the link and > accusing Trimble, ironically, of political expediency. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>>>>> Easter events > > > ANTRIM > > BELFAST (MAIN COMMEMORATION): Assemble 1pm Sunday 23 April, Beechmount > Avenue and march to Milltown Cemetery at 1.30pm sharp; > ARDOYNE/BONE/LIGONIEL: Commencing 1pm Tuesday 25 April Elmfield > Street; CARRICKHILL. Assemble 11am Sunday 23 April, the local > monument, Kildare Street; GREATER NEW BARNSLEY: Honour dead > Volunteers. Assemble 1pm Tuesday 25 April, Memorial Plaque, New > Barnsley Park, and Moyard Parade Junction; GREENCASTLE: Assemble 2pm > Saturday 22 April, Whitewell Crescent/Serpentine Road. Commemoration > at 3pm, Bawnmore Grove. Speaker: Gerry Kelly (Belfast); NEWINGTON: > Assemble 12 noon Monday 24 April, Atlantic Avenue. Speaker: Barry > McElduff (Tyrone); STRAND/BALLYMACARRETT: Assemble 1.30pm Monday 24 > April, Mountpottinger Road Shops > > > > ARMAGH > > ARMAGH CITY: Assemble 2.30pm Monday 24 April, Irish Street; > BALLYMACNAB: Assemble 2pm Sunday 23 April, Ferlagh Crssroads; > BELLEEKS: Assemble 11am Monday 24 April, centre of village; BESSBROOK: > Assemble 9.45am Sunday 23 April, Green Road; BLACKWATER: Assemble 11am > for weath-laying ceremony at Volunteer Sean McIlvenna's Memorial; > CAMLOUGH: Assemble 10.20am Sunday 23 April, Raymond McCreesh Memorial. > Commemoration after 11am Mass; CROSSMAGLEN: Assemble 10.45am Sunday 23 > April, Rangers Hall, usual route to chapel followed by commemoration > after 11.30am Mass. Speaker: Bairbre De Brun (Belfast); CULLYHANNA: > Final of McVerry Memorial Cup commences in St Patrick's Gaelic Park at > 2pm Sunday 23 April. March to Republican Memorial immediately after > game. After the commemoration two small ponies will be auctioned in > the Lite 'n Easy pub car park for the Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry; > DROMINTEE/KILLEEN: Assemble 1.30pm Sunday 23 April, at Border and > march to Campbell/Lochrie Memorial; MULLAGHBAWN: Assemble 6.30pm > Saturday 22 April, Community Hall. Speaker: Francie Molloy; (North > County) > > PORTADOWN: Assemble 1pm Saturday 22 April, Ashgrove Rd and march to St > Johns Graveyard; DERRYMACASH: Assemble 11.30am Sunday 23 April, > Ballymoney Cottages and march Derrymacash; LURGAN: Assemble 2.30pm > Sunday 23 April, Davitt Park, Francis Street and march to St Colman's > Graveyard, function Donaghy's bar on Easter Sunday night, featuring > Justice > > > > CORK > > CORK CITY: Assemble 2pm Sunday 23 April, National Monument, Grand > Parade, and march to St Finbarr's Cemetery. Speaker: Pat Treanor > (Monaghan). RFB in attendance > > CLONAKILTY: Assemble 12.30pm Sunday 23 April, Astna Square. Speaker: > Paddy Kelly (Longford) > > YOUGHAL: Assemble 10.45am Sunday 23 April, Devonshire Arms, and march > to Republican Plot, North Abbey Cemetery > > > > DERRY > > LOUP: Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 23 April, Ballyroan Road, and parade to > Grave of Brigadier Sean Larkin; Speaker: Michelle Gildernew (Tyrone); > DUNGIVEN: Assemble 12 noon Sunday 23 April, St Patrick's Chapel. > Speaker: Michelle Gildernew (Tyrone); SWATRAGH: Assemble 2.30pm Monday > 24 April, The Diamond; LOCAL WREATH-LAYING CEREMONIES: Coolcalm, > 10.45am; Kilrea, 10.45am; Newbridge, 10.45am; Bellaghy, 10.45am; > Rasharkin, 10am; Glen, 11.45am; Lavey, 11.45am; Cargin, 2pm > > > > DONEGAL > > Assemble 3pm Sunday 23 April, Johnston's Corner, Stranorlar for march > to Memorial Monument. Speaker: Mitchel McLaughlin (Derry); SF Coach > leaving Health Centre Car-Park, Strabane, 2pm. Band Coach Leaving > Fountain Street Community Centre Strabane 2pm. Taille #2 > > > > DOWN > > CASTLEWELLAN: Assemble 4pm Sunday 23 April, Lower Square. Speaker: > Martin Meehan (Antrim); DOWNPATRICK: Assemble 7pm Monday 24 April, > Sinn Fein Centre, Irish Street; NEWRY: Assmble 12 noon Saturday 22 > April for commemoration for Stan Kearns, Republican Plot, St Mary's > Cemetery. Main speaker: Davy Hyland; DERRYBEG: Assemble 6.30pm > Saturday 22 April; St Brigid's Church and march to Monument. Speaker: > Davy Hyland; NEWRY TOWN: Assemble 10.30pm Sunday 23 April, SF Office, > Patrick Street and march Republican Plot, St Mary's Cemetery. Speaker: > Conor Murphy; MONUMENT UNVEILING: Assemble 11.30am Monday 24 April, > Abbey Yard and march to new monument at Courtney Hill/Barley Lane. > Speaker: Christine Casey > > > > DUBLIN > > CITY: Assemble 1.30pm Sunday 23 April, GPO, O'Connell Street, for > march to Glasnevin Cemetery. Speaker: Martin McGuinness (Derry) > > CRUMLIN: Assemble Crumlin Shopping Centre Easter Saturday, 22 April, > 2pm to march to Eamonn Ceannt memorial Park. Speaker: Aengus O > Snodaigh (Dublin). DUN LAOGHAIRE: Assemble 2.30pm Monday 24 April, > Baker's Corner. Speaker: Dessie Ellis (Dublin). > > > > KERRY > > LISTOWEL: Assemble 12 noon sharp Sunday 23 April, O'Connell Avenue and > march to Republican Plot; TRALEE: Assemble 3pm sharp Sunday 23 April, > the Pikeman Monument, Denny Street. Speakler: Ella O'Dwyer > > > > LEITRIM: Assemble 11.30am Sunday 23 April, Arigna Curch to commemorate > Volunteers Cull and Tynon; JAMESTOWN: Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 23 April, > Drumsna, and march to Jamestown Cemetery to commemorate Volunteer J > Gill. Kiltubrid Band will attend. Speaker: Gerry McGeough. Function > afterwards in Arch Bar, Jamestown > > > > LIMERICK > > LIMERICK CITY: Assemble 11.45am Sunday 23 April, Bedford Row, and > march Republican Plot, Mount St Laurence Cemetery; BROADFORD: Assemble > 10.30am Sunday 23 April, and march to Killough Graveyrad; ATHEA: > Assemble 3.30pm Templeathe Graveyard; COLMANSWELL: Assemble 2pm Monday > 24 April; RATH LUIRC: Assemble 2.30pm Monday 24 April > > > > LONGFORD > > Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 23 April, Legan NS, and march to Foxhall > Cemetery (3pm). Speaker: Joe Reilly (Meath) > > > > MAYO > > Assemble 3pm Monday 24 April, Entrance to Leigue Cemetery, Bsllina. > Speaker: Mairead Keane (Dublin) > > > > MEATH > > Assemble 3pm Sunday 23 April, GAA park, Ballinlough, refreshments > afterwards in Gary's Bar, Crosskiel > > > > MONAGHAN > > MONAGHAN TOWN: Assemble 3pm Sunday 23 April, O'Hanlon Memorial, Clone > Road and parade to Lathlurcan Cemetery. Bands already committed to > attend. Speaker: Bairbre De Brun (Belfast). LOCAL CEREMONIES: > Annyalla, Carrickroe, Castleblayney; Clara, Clones, Clontibret, > Corcaghan, Raferagh, Trinity, Tyholland, Urbleshanny (check locally > for times); Wreath-laying ceremony for Volunteers Tim Daly and Packie > Duffy. Assemble 5pm Saturday 22 April, St Mary's Churchyard, > Inniskeen. Speaker: Arthur Morgan (Louth) > > > > OFFALY > > TULLAMORE: Assemble 12 noon Sunday 23 April, Mucklagh for > commemoration for Matthew Kane; CLARA: Assemble 3pm Sunday 23 April; > BANNAGHER: Assemble Monday 24 April, for commemoration for > Barnes/McCormack > > > > SLIGO > > Assemble 3pm Sunday 23 April, Town Hall and march to Republican Plot, > Sligo Cemetery. Speaker: Sean Crowe (Dublin) > > > > WATERFORD > > CITY: Assemble 3pm, The Glen, Easter Sunday. Speaker: Eamon Nolan > (Waterford). COUNTY: Assemble 3pm Domhnach 23u Aibrean, i Touraneena, > Contae Portlairge. > > > > WEXFORD > > RATHANGAN: Assemble 11.15am Sunday 23 April; RATHAPECK/MURRINSTOWN: > Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 23 April. Speaker: Padraigin Mi Mhurhu; > Assemble 2.15pm Monday 24 April, Rafter's Bridge, and march to St > Mary's Cemetery. Band in attendance. Prominent speaker; ENNISCORTHY: > Assemble 2.30pm Monday 24 April. Speaker: Gerry Hanratty > > > > ENGLAND > > 12 noon Sunday 23 April, Camden Irish Centre, Murray Street, London. > Followed by benefit function with Sean Brady in the main bar for > National Graves Association. Organise by the Wolfe Tone Society > > > > WICKLOW > > Assemble 12 noon Sunday 23 April, Grave of Frank Driver, > Ballymoreustace > > > > AUSTRALIA > > 12.30pm Monday 24 April, The Harp, Grandstand Road, Belmont, PERTH. > Irish bands and bar-b-cue, speehes. All welome. Info from Dermot on > 041 89 102 10, fax (00 61 8) 947 02393 > > > > > > > > > c. RM Distribution and others. 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